SECMOCO INDIANS

SECMOCO INDIANS. The Secmoco Indians are known only from baptismal records of San Antonio de Valero Mission at San Antonio. J. R. Swanton listed Secmoco as one of the Coahuiltecan bands. Intermarriage with the Papanacs at the mission suggests that the Secmoco were probably from the same areas as the Papanacs, that is, northeastern Coahuila and the adjoining part of Texas. Sencase, Sepunco, and Sinicu have been suggested as possible synonyms for Secmoco, but no evidence for these identifications can be found. Swanton listed a similar name, Chemoco (Chimoco), as a Coahuiltecan band, but this resulted from an error. The Chemoco were Indians at San Francisco Solano in California, not at the mission of the same name near Eagle Pass.